Category: South Asia
Amazon India’s publishing house Westland launches a new imprint for children’s books, as Ruskin Bond teams with PRH for audiobooks
There are fewer than 10,000 red pandas in the wild in India, but a new imprint from Amazon’s...
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India’s Vice President calls for a library in every village. That will never happen. But there is an elegant alternative
The scorching summer temperatures are once again behind us in India, and the vibrant Indian book...
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Big Bad Wolf Colombo kicks off today with 1.5 million books, marking its third year in Sri Lanka
The venue is the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Center and it’s the third year of taking 1.5...
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3-day International Literature Conference to accompany the annual Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in February. But will digital be part of the debate?
The Bangladesh Prime Minister and literature lover Sheikh Hasina will once again inaugurate the...
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Asia Foundation launches Let’s Read Project in Myanmar
Let’s Read is an initiative by the Asia Foundation to bring the joy of reading to children across...
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Big Bad Wolf returns to Sri Lanka in October with 1.5 million books
Details are sparse at this point, but Big Bad Wolf will be returning to Sri Lanka for its third...
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India’s Madurai Book Fair expects 300,000 visitors to buy 1.5 million books. Just another quiet India book fair…
The 14th annual Madurai Book fair is underway in India, running through until September 9....
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With a week to go, the Nepal International Book Fair is cancelled due to tax hike on imported books
It was to have been the 23rd Nepal International Book Fair, running August 14 to 30. Now it...
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The India book market remains “a giant in slumber” as new taxes hit imports amid rising paper prices
In an ill-considered move aimed at protecting the domestic publishing industry, the Indian...
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Big Bad Wolf heads to Mandalay, taking its total to 2 million English-language books to Myanmar so far this year
If we ever wanted a barometer of interest in English-language books in countries English-language...
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New competition in the India ebook space as telco Bharti Airtel launches ebook store for smartphones
This week the Indian telco giant Bharti Airtel finally launched its long-anticipated ebook store...
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StreetLib publishing portals now reach half the world. Makes a $5 bn African publishing market valuation for 2025
Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has completed the...
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